Some folks work at being stupid

From time to time we all do stupid things — it happens. Sometimes you don’t realize how stupid it was until you’ve done it — other times you realize how stupid it is before you do it. That’s when stupid becomes idiotic.

Mind you, I must admit I once stapled my finger because I wanted to see if it would work. That was stupid, but I was still young. Maybe 30-35. Kidding, I was 10. My punishment was pain, and feeling really stupid.

In Cleveland, Ohio recently a woman was caught driving her car on the sidewalk in order to avoid stopping for a school bus. Really stupid — no, make that idiotic.

Her punishment was a 30-day licence suspension, a $250- fine, and she had to hold a sign while standing on the sidewalk which read: “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.” She did this for one hour on two consecutive days.

She got caught in a police sting after people complained that they had seen her do this before. She is an idiot.

When I first read this I thought this punishment was a great idea, but then I wondered what could have happened.

What if she was attacked and beaten?

What if someone drove his or her car onto the sidewalk and ran the woman over?

It’s not like there’s a shortage of idiots out there. Thankfully nothing resulted from this. Sadly, not even causing her to be remorseful.

A similar fate resulted for a woman who stole from a child. She sat in front of a courthouse with a sign which read “I stole from a nine-year-old on her birthday. Don’t steal or this could happen to you.”

As we’ve seen many times, tweeting and posting on Facebook have lead to people saying or doing stupid things, like sending pictures of their genitalia. Remember the junior hockey player who slammed the city of Buffalo while he was still there playing in a tournament? He also made some unfavourable comments about the western Canada city where he played hockey, and would return to after the tournament. Duh!

Prior to the U.S. election, some moron posted his thoughts on President Barack Obama, writing “That’s the last straw, if he gets re-elected I’m going to hunt him down and kill him, watch the life disappear from his eyes.”

Now you don’t need a law degree to know this can’t be a good idea, yet when a Facebook friend reminded him that threatening the president is a crime, he responded “I wouldn’t call it a threat, but more a promise, let them come after me. Be more than happy to take a few of them with me.”

Apparently there’s no end to his stupidity. And when the Secret Service did show up and ask him what he would do if the president was standing here now, he replied “bitch slap him, and beat the s**t out of him.”

He was arrested on a felony complaint.

So, my friends, the next time you feel like you made some bad choices, take solace in the fact that at least you’re not one of these idiots.

Now I’m off to try to see whether I can paperclip my finger. Hey, I’m not stupid — anymore.